Shade and curtain support.



"H. c. BECKER SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 19!].

1335001 Patented July 31, 1917.

INVEJVTOR.

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ATTORNEY.

'EUNITED STATES rarer FF HENRY C. BECKER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

Application filed March 14, 1917.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. BECKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Supports, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in shade and curtain supports;and it consists in the novel features of construction more fully setforth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

The present invention is directed to shade and curtain supportingbrackets, the principal object being to construct a bracket which can beadjusted to the width of the shade or length of roller carrying thesame, the brackets being formed so as to support a dust guard whichprotects the portion of the shade wound on the roller, said guard beingsusceptible of adjustment to the space separating the brackets betweenwhich the roller is mounted. A further object of the invention is toprovide means for supporting a curtain in conjunction with the shadewhen desired, all as will more fully appear in the following detaileddescription of the invention in connection with the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 represents an elevation of the upper end of awindow frame showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an enjlarged middle vertical longitudinal section of the device, parts beingin elevation, and other parts broken away; Fig. 3 is a horizontal middlesection through one of the terminal brackets and dust guard, parts beingin plan; Fig. l is a vertical crosssectional detail on the line 1 ofFig. 2 through one of the bearing plates; Fig. 5 is a verticalcross-section on the line of Fig. 2, the shade and its roller beingomitted; Fig. 6 is a detail showing one end of the dust-guard; Fig. 7 isa top plan of one of the adjustable brackets; and Fig. 8 is an insideelevation of Fig. 7

Referring to the drawings, F, represents a window frame, and WV, thewindow as well understood in the art. Secured at the top of the frameare bearing plates or castings 1, 1, formed with longitudinalpassageways a) open at both ends, the front wall of the passage-waybeing formed with a longi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Serial No. 154,794.

tudinal open-ended slot s. Traversing the passageway to of each bearingmember 1 is the foot piece 2 of the roller-supporting bracket 3, thelatter being connected to the foot piece 2 by means of a neck a whichoperates freely in the slot 8. The bracket at one end is provided with arecess h to receive the flat head or terminal 5 of the roller mountingat one end of the shade roller R, the bracket at the opposite end beingprovided with a circular depression cl to receive the roller spindle atthe opposite end as well understood in the art. In the presentembodiment of my invention the brackets 3 are disk-shaped and preferablyformed with peripheral flanges a asshown, the flanges being directedinwardly. Disposed on the flanges a at points substantiallydiametrically opposite one another are radial pins 6. It may be statedin passing that the flanges a on the bracket disks are directed or pointin the opposite direction from the feet 2, so that the feet 2 will beoutside the disks for purpose of adjustment or manipulation gen erally.Each foot 2 is provided with a clamping screw 7 which passes through theslot 8, the outer end of the screw terminating in a wing 8 whose base isshouldered against a washer 9 interposed between it and the outer wallof the passage-way of the casting 1, said washer spanning the slot 8 asfully shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Adapted to encompass that portion of the shade S which is wound on theroller R is a dust guard, the same being composed of two sections 10,10, of tubing, the walls whereof extend cireumferentially about twohundred and seventy degrees, thereby leaving a peripheral slot or gap mof about ninety degrees opening toward the window, through which gap theunwound portion of the shade is free to travel. The tube section 10 fitstelescopically in the section 10, so that the tube may be expanded orlengthened, or contracted or shortened according to the length of rollerR or width of shade S wound thereon to be protected against dust. Theouter terminals of the dust guard or tube are provided with angularrecesses 1" whereby upon first passing the outer leg of the recess alongthe pin 6 and then giving the tube a slight turn to cause the pin toenter the inner leg of the recess, the tube will be firmly secured tothe disk brackets 3 (Fig. 6). This mode of fastening two devices is wellunderstood in the art and the same per se is not claimed herein.

The operation though obvious from the foregoing description may bebriefly stated as follows: By loosening the screws 7, the feet 2 of thebrackets 3 may be moved along the ways w of the bearing members orcastings 1 until the brackets 3 have been carefully adjusted to thelength of the roller R to be accommodated. This done, the screws 7 aredriven home which causes the feet 2 tobe drawn firmly against the frontwalls of the ways to (Fig. 4) thus clamping the brackets firmly intoposition. The roller R with its shade S being now mounted be tween thebrackets, the next step is to adjust the dust guard 10, 10. This isreadily done by first passing the outer end of the tube section 10around the flange a of one of the disks 3, then adjusting the twosections (10, 10) until the outer end of the section 10 can beconveniently slipped over the flange a of the opposite disk 8, then byproper manipulation causing the recesses r to receive the pins 6 aspreviously described whereupon the dust guard is effectively mounted toprotect the shade against dirt, dust and the like as clearly obviousfrom the drawings. The disks 3 it will be observed close the ends of thedust guard 10, 1O so that the dirt is excluded from the shade at allpoints except at the gap m, but as that opens on the inner side of thetube forming the guard and is well up against the window frame verylittle dust will lodge against the shade on that side.

In the present embodiment of my invention I form in the rear walls ofthe castings 1 at points outside the outermost positions occupied by thedisks 8, vertical recesses or grooves 25 preferably rectangular in crosssection, said grooves receiving the stems 11 of the curtain brackets 12,the latter terminating in hooks 13 for the support of a rod (not shown)from which a lace curtain (not shown) may be hung. When the hooks 12 areout of service the same are turned parallel to the roller It, the stems11 being inserted into the grooves t. lVhen in serv ice the brackets 12are turned at right angles to the roller R in which position theyproject considerably beyond the shade (see dotted position of bracket inFig. 3) so that on depositing a rod in the bottoms of the hooks 13 thecurtain suspended from said rod will hang some distance from the shadeS.

Having described my invention what I claim is 1. In combination with apair of brackets spaced to support the ends of a shade roller, suitablebearings for said brackets, a. tubular dust guard mounted between thebrackets for protecting the portion of the shade wound on the roller, aperipheral section of the guard being removed to allow for the travel ofthe unwound portion of the shade, said guard being composed of twosections engaging one another telescopically.

2. In combination with a. pair of brackets for supporting the ends of ashade-roller, said brackets being disloshaped and provided with afootpiece and a neck connecting the footpiece and disk-shaped portion ofthe bracket, a. bearing provided with a slot, said slot being traversedby the neck aforesaid whereby the bracket is adjustable in said bearing,a tubular dust-guard mount ed on and between the brackets for protectingthe portion of the shade wound on the roller, a peripheral section ofthe guard being removed to allow for the travel of the unwound portionof the shade, said guard being composed of two sections engaging oneanother telescopic-ally.

In combination with a shade-roller sup porting bracket, a bearing inwhich said bracket is slidably mounted, a polygonal recess formed in thebearing wall at a point exterior to the outermost position of thebracket for the support of a curtain bracket provided with a polygonalstem, said stem being insertible into the recess so that the curtainbracket projects beyond the shade when in use or folds against thewindow frame when not in use.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. BECKER.

IVitnesses:

EMIL STAREA, ELSE M. SIEGEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0.

